Unemployment 1

Which ONE of the following would have + impact on the size of the available workforce?

• Increased mortalities among the working age population

• An increase in the numbers of 18 years olds exiting the education system

• An increase in the number of working age citizens emigrating to other countries

• An increase in the number of unemployed people who can not find work

A monthly measure of unemployment which is calculated by counting the number of people who receive Jobseeker's allowance

• Claimount count

• Employed

• Labour Force Survey

• unemployment Rate

Which type of unemployment is caused by imperfect information in the labour market?

• cyclical

• frictional

• demand - deficient

• structural

What is the opportunity cost of unemployment?

• government spending on training schemes for the unemployed

• government spending on unemployment benefits

• leisure

• output

The number of people currently work

• Unemployed

• Economically Active

• Unemployment Rate

• Employed

The proportion of individuals who are available to work, but are currently unemployed

• Unemployment Rate

• Unemployed

• Economically Active

• Economically Inactive

People who are not in employment but have looked for job in the last 4 weeks,able to start work within the next 2 weeks

• Economicallya Active

• Unemployed

• Economicallya Inactive

• Employed

People not in unemployment who haven't looked for job in the last 4 weeks & are unable to start work within the next 2 weeks

• Unemployed

• Employed

• Economically Active

• Economically Inactive

A situation where people are working fewer hours than they would like or working in jobs that they are overqualified for.

• Unemployed

• Employed

• Underemployment

• Economically Active

Which of the following categories is NOT considered economically inactive?

• In education

• Retired early

• Unemployed

• Long term sick